HNLMS De Ruyter, HNLMS Java and HNLMS Kortenaer went down with 900 souls during the Bttle of the Java Sea in 1942 THE Netherlands has revealed it is to probe the mysterious disappearance of the wrecks ...

In 2002, divers stumbled upon the wrecks of three Dutch warships that took 900 crew members to their watery graves during World War II's Battle of the Java Sea. Finding them again has so far proved, ...

A pair of warships lost during a historic 1942 naval battle have completely disappeared from their resting places at the bottom of the Java Sea. Large portions of a third ship are also missing. An ...

Illegal salvagers have plundered at least six World War II shipwrecks near Indonesia for scrap metal, including the wreck of an American submarine that has now "completely vanished," according to ...

FIVE World War II warships have mysteriously disappeared from their watery graves, leaving nothing behind but a boat shaped indentation on the seabed. The warships sunk following one of the bloodiest ...

Illegal metal scavengers accused of disposing of remains from British and Dutch warships The remains of second world war sailors who died on British and Dutch warships in the Java sea were secretly ...